AT&T SPORTSNET TO BE AVAILABLE ON DIRECTV, U-VERSE and CENTURYLINK IN LAS VEGAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Subscribers Will Receive AT&T SportsNet Programming Including Vegas Golden Knights, and Mountain West Conference Games Beginning September 15

AT&T SportsNet, the rights holder of the Vegas Golden Knights regional game telecasts, announced today its expansion into Nevada, as well as parts of California and Mohave County, Arizona, on DIRECTV, U-verse and CenturyLink® Prism® TV. The regional sports network will be available to subscribers in those areas beginning on September 15, 2017

“We are extremely proud to have AT&T SportsNet as our local television rights holder and thrilled to have the first distribution deals finalized,” said Vegas Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz. “There is a great deal of excitement for Vegas Golden Knights hockey in Las Vegas and throughout our broadcast territory. As more of these distribution agreements are completed, we know the excitement will continue to grow.”

“We are focused on providing Prism TV subscribers with the best local entertainment choices so it was very important to us to ensure that AT&T SportsNet and Vegas Golden Knights hockey were part of the channel lineup for our Nevada subscribers,” said Jeremy Ferkin, CenturyLink vice president of operations for Nevada. “We look forward to the premium sports content this channel will provide.”

The extensive line-up of more than 75 LIVE Vegas Golden Knights telecasts, starting with four pre-season games, will be available to local area customers who subscribe to a viewing package that includes AT&T SportsNet. AT&T SportsNet will be available on DIRECTV channel 684, U-verse channels 757 (SD) and 1757 (HD), and CenturyLink channels 760 (SD) and 1760 (HD).

“We are very excited that AT&T and CenturyLink will be providing AT&T SportsNet to the Vegas Golden Knights territory,” said VP of Business Affairs and Affiliate Relations, Nina Kinch. “We expect that other distributors in the area will want to allow their customers to see Vegas Golden Knights games as well.”

AT&T SportsNet will also televise Mountain West Conference football and basketball games, which will include UNLV and University of Nevada.